Day 3 started with same lazy coffee & croissant, when I could catch up on social media, charge my phone and have a little 'me time' when C was still asleep. We definitely have different body clocks, he's a typical 'owl' (I'm just a sloth), but we learnt to live together and adjust accordingly 😉
After a breakfast consisting of hot dogs with cold sausage (our campsite was really nice and I'm going to write a bit more about it but the restaurant there was not their finest part) we went to Cabo da Roca. With limited internet we thought the route would be quite difficult, but except 2 quite obvious turns it was straight away, along the main road. The walk was about 3 hours with a break for a drink in Malveira da Serra (nicest lemonade EVER! 🍋)
The walk was definitely quite a satisfying achievement however there were few things we didn't quite expected. Firstly, the road- despite the area being a national park, there were not official trails directly to Cabo da Roca. Supposing lt we could have taken slightly more picturesque walk down the coast, but it did not connect as one route so it would take a long time to get to the point. Instead, we walked a (luckily) not-so -busy road with very limited sidewalk and even more limited views. Secondly, despite the coast and our campsite being quite windy (one would could even call it 'cold'), the route we chosen was more mainland, and hence roasting hot ☀️🔥. Who would have thought? 😅 That leads me to the final point- 3 hours is relatively short time, particularly if you slowly strolling around time, shopping, reading a book or doing any other pleasurable activity... Walking in full sun is not one of them😂
Nonetheless, the effort was entirely worth it- we reached the furthest western part of continental Europe! 😃 And the view of the lighthouse, cliffs and the ocean was absolutely breathtaking!
After a quick snack in local overpriced restaurant, we caught the bus to Cascais, walked around and had a dinner, and ended up another beautiful day in sunny Portugal☀️
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